Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 錬

錬

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Meaning

 refine, knead, train, drill

Pronunciation

 REN
neru

Explanation

 Left: metal 金, right: east 東

Mnemonic

Metal is trained (= 練) in the east when refined or kneading (i.e. forging.)

Radicals

金 gold, metal(This radical is always on the left side of a character.)
東 east(The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
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Vocabulary

錬鋼 れんこう forged steel

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